What's the correct / best way of fixing chrome trim & badges to my Mk2? Most of it is ratting away in the breeze, and the rest seems to be stuck from the inside with a thick black glue. Shouldn't there be spring-clips or something?
Chrome trim fixing
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Hi, Bob,
It depends on the particular item of trim. Working from front to back:
The grill badge clips into the central vane which is bolted at the top and bottom to the main grill itself.
The central chrome strip down the bonnet is snapped onto clips which are pop-rivetted to the bonnet; the chrome strips down each side of the bonnet have clips attached to them - they slide along lips on the back of the chrome strips and from either end of each clip project metal arms which locate through holes along the bonnet edges. These arms are then folded over inside the bonnet.
The strips down the side of the car at waist level use similar pop-rivetted clips to those on the bonnet centre line, as do the strips on the tops of the door panels at the base of the side windows but the trim pieces that go over top of the the doors on the edge of the rain channels 'simply' clip round the edge of those channels. (Note those inverted commas - I found that to be a swine of a job!) You may find that, as the waist level strips curve more sharply downwards towards the rear of the car, they're reluctant to follow the contours and want to spring away. I had to gently bend - massage might be a better term - my trim to get it to locate properly and stay there.
The 'B' post covers between the front and rear doors screw into the 'B' posts themselves. There's also a small piece of waist level chrome trim on the 'B' post and this, I seem to recall, has a threaded stud that feeds through into the 'B' post and a socket and extension is required to tighten a nut on the inside of the 'B' post.
As for the boot badges, the lugs on the badges should locate through the holes in the boot and then there are some plastic caps that go over the lugs. I confess I used a dab of superglue to ensure the caps stayed on. Be careful with the badges, particularly the one that gives the engine size which is located just below "JAGUAR" (if it's on your model) and the "MK2" on the bottom R/H corner, as they're quite delicate.
I've left the worst till last - the chrome inserts in the front and rear screen rubbers. These are meant to be trapped under lips on the rubber surrounds in which they sit and should have some form of mastick-type glue behind them. I found putting them in to be the single hardest and most frustrating job during the whole restoration!
Mk 2 specialists such as SNG Barratt or David Manners supply all the clips new.
Cheers,
It depends on the particular item of trim. Working from front to back:
The grill badge clips into the central vane which is bolted at the top and bottom to the main grill itself.
The central chrome strip down the bonnet is snapped onto clips which are pop-rivetted to the bonnet; the chrome strips down each side of the bonnet have clips attached to them - they slide along lips on the back of the chrome strips and from either end of each clip project metal arms which locate through holes along the bonnet edges. These arms are then folded over inside the bonnet.
The strips down the side of the car at waist level use similar pop-rivetted clips to those on the bonnet centre line, as do the strips on the tops of the door panels at the base of the side windows but the trim pieces that go over top of the the doors on the edge of the rain channels 'simply' clip round the edge of those channels. (Note those inverted commas - I found that to be a swine of a job!) You may find that, as the waist level strips curve more sharply downwards towards the rear of the car, they're reluctant to follow the contours and want to spring away. I had to gently bend - massage might be a better term - my trim to get it to locate properly and stay there.
The 'B' post covers between the front and rear doors screw into the 'B' posts themselves. There's also a small piece of waist level chrome trim on the 'B' post and this, I seem to recall, has a threaded stud that feeds through into the 'B' post and a socket and extension is required to tighten a nut on the inside of the 'B' post.
As for the boot badges, the lugs on the badges should locate through the holes in the boot and then there are some plastic caps that go over the lugs. I confess I used a dab of superglue to ensure the caps stayed on. Be careful with the badges, particularly the one that gives the engine size which is located just below "JAGUAR" (if it's on your model) and the "MK2" on the bottom R/H corner, as they're quite delicate.
I've left the worst till last - the chrome inserts in the front and rear screen rubbers. These are meant to be trapped under lips on the rubber surrounds in which they sit and should have some form of mastick-type glue behind them. I found putting them in to be the single hardest and most frustrating job during the whole restoration!
Mk 2 specialists such as SNG Barratt or David Manners supply all the clips new.
Cheers,
Neil
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